Stack vs. Queue

Stacknoun

(heading) A pile.

Stacknoun

A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, larger at the bottom than the top, sometimes covered with thatch.

Stacknoun

A pile of similar objects, each directly on top of the last.

Stacknoun

(UK) A pile of poles or wood, indefinite in quantity.

Stacknoun

A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet. (~3 m³)

Stacknoun

An extensive collection

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A smokestack.

Stacknoun

(heading) In digital computing.

Stacknoun

A linear data structure in which the last data item stored is the first retrieved; a LIFO queue.

Stacknoun

A portion of computer memory occupied by a stack data structure, particularly (the stack) that portion of main memory manipulated during machine language procedure call related instructions.

Stacknoun

A standard set of software components commonly used together on a system – for example, the combination of an operating system, web server, database and programming language.

Stacknoun

(math) A generalization of schemes in algebraic geometry and of sheaves.

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(geology) A coastal landform, consisting of a large vertical column of rock in the sea.

Stacknoun

(library) Compactly spaced bookshelves used to house large collections of books.

Stacknoun

(figuratively) A large amount of an object.

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(military) A pile of rifles or muskets in a cone shape.

Stacknoun

(poker) The amount of money a player has on the table.

Stacknoun

(heading) In architecture.

Stacknoun

A number of flues embodied in one structure, rising above the roof.

Stacknoun

A vertical drainpipe.

Stacknoun

A fall or crash, a prang.

Stacknoun

(bodybuilding) A blend of various dietary supplements or anabolic steroids with supposed synergistic benefits.

Stackverb

(transitive) To arrange in a stack, or to add to an existing stack.

Stackverb

To arrange the cards in a deck in a particular manner.

Stackverb

To take all the money another player currently has on the table.

Stackverb

(transitive) To deliberately distort the composition of (an assembly, committee, etc.).

Stackverb

To crash; to fall.

Stacknoun

A large and to some degree orderly pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, usually of a nearly conical form, but sometimes rectangular or oblong, contracted at the top to a point or ridge, and sometimes covered with thatch.

Stacknoun

An orderly pile of any type of object, indefinite in quantity; - used especially of piles of wood. A stack is usually more orderly than a pile

Stacknoun

A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet.

Stacknoun

A large quantity; as, a stack of cash.

Stacknoun

A number of flues embodied in one structure, rising above the roof.

Stacknoun

A section of memory in a computer used for temporary storage of data, in which the last datum stored is the first retrieved.

Stacknoun

The section of a library containing shelves which hold books less frequently requested.

Stackverb

To lay in a conical or other pile; to make into a large pile; as, to stack hay, cornstalks, or grain; to stack or place wood.

Stackverb

To place in a vertical arrangement so that each item in a pile is resting on top of another item in the pile, except for the bottom item; as, to stack the papers neatly on the desk; to stack the bricks.

Stackverb

To select or arrange dishonestly so as to achieve an unfair advantage; as, to stack a deck of cards; to stack a jury with persons prejudiced against the defendant.

Stacknoun

an orderly pile

Stacknoun

(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;

Stacknoun

a list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO)

Stacknoun

a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated

Stacknoun

a storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO)

Stackverb

load or cover with stacks;

Stackverb

arrange in stacks;

Stackverb

arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances;

Queuenoun

(heraldry) An animal's tail.

Queuenoun

A men's hairstyle whose primary attribute is a braid or ponytail at the back of the head, such as that worn by men in Imperial China.

Queuenoun

A line of people, vehicles or other objects, in which one at the front end is dealt with first, the one behind is dealt with next, and so on, and which newcomers join at the opposite end (the back).

Queuenoun

A waiting list or other means of organizing people or objects into a first-come-first-served order.

Queuenoun

(computing) A data structure in which objects are added to one end, called the tail, and removed from the other, called the head (- a FIFO queue). The term can also refer to a LIFO queue or stack where these ends coincide.

Queueverb

To put oneself or itself at the end of a waiting line.

Queueverb

To arrange themselves into a physical waiting queue.

Queueverb

(computing) To add to a queue data structure.

Queueverb

To fasten the hair into a queue.

Queuenoun

A tail-like appendage of hair; a pigtail.

Queueverb

To fasten, as hair, in a queue.

Queuenoun

a line of people or vehicles waiting for something

Queuenoun

(information processing) an ordered list of tasks to be performed or messages to be transmitted

Queuenoun

a braid of hair at the back of the head

Queueverb

form a queue, form a line, stand in line;

Queuenoun

a line or sequence of people or vehicles awaiting their turn to be attended to or to proceed.

Queuenoun

a list of data items, commands, etc., stored so as to be retrievable in a definite order, usually the order of insertion.

Queuenoun

a plait of hair worn at the back.

Queueverb

take one's place in a queue

Queueverb

be extremely keen to do or have something

Queueverb

arrange in a queue